This recipe is so delicious! I make it just as written, except I chop the onion rather than leave it in strips. I also use a whole container of sliced mushrooms and chop them. The orange zest adds a nice zing.

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This was a hit. I served this and some other (not so low-cal) items at a dinner party. This dish was cleaned out. The guests were really surprised that it was a low cal dish. I followed the recipe exactly as given.

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this dish is absolutely delicious!!! everyone agrees. i made it with vegetable stock, basmati brown rice and Earth Balance buttery spread. makes an excellent vegan dish. i can't wait for everyone else to try it on Christmas day. yummmmmm!!!
UPDATE: 21 for Christmas dinner. Rave reviews! I can't wait to warm up the leftovers. BTW, I made this dish a couple of days ahead. I warmed it in the oven. Came out perfect.

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Very pretty dish!! I reduced the amount of onion as I think three would have been way too much. Hubby thought the almonds were a little overpowering so I'll cut those to half next time, or eliminate them altogether.

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I loved this dish but my husband hated it. He will eat just about anything at least once but he took one bite of this and wouldn't eat any more. However, if you love cranberries, mushrooms and almonds (as I do!), you'll probably like this rice.

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I made the recipe as is except I did not add mushrooms. Also, I only used 1 1/2 onions (which I considered medium) and there were more onions than rice, which made it only 4 stars. I would add 1 medium onion or less and then reduce the amount of butter accordingly to caramelize them, and THEN this would be 5 stars because the rice would be the highlight, not the onion.

This was really great! I liked this recipe because it wasn’t loaded with salt. I even used low sodium chicken broth, and there was still plenty of flavor. I used canned mushrooms (that’s all I had) and I used sliced almonds that I purchased already roasted and just tossed them in before serving the dish. I loved the crunch and chewiness of this dish and it went well with the lamb chops that I served. My daughter said, “This tastes like Thanksgiving!” This recipe will go into the regular rotation.